Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-30
GENkskAL.

THE British bark Alton, en- route from
Newcastle New South Wales, to San
Diego, Cal, was totally wrecked on Lisin-
ski island May % The officers and crew
were saved. She had cargo of coal and
the vessel and cargo were valued at $780,
600; insured in English companies.
By a collision at Potsdam. Germany, the
other day, three persons were killed and
several injured and car burned.
THE wheat crop of Canada and Manitoba
is said to be the best on record and to be
growing finely
THE Pope has sent two Cardinals to Ire
land to advise the Bishops on the Irish
question.
LARRY DONOVAN, the jumper, was pre-
vented by the police from jumping of the
Clifton (Eng) suspension bridge on the
21st.
QUEEN VIcToRIA's jubilee day, June 81,
passed off in London without any remarka-
bic incident. The scene at Westminster
Abbey and the procession through the
streets were very brilliant
F. W. KIRKLAND, editor of the Winnipeg
Strings, weekly devoted to society news,
Was arrested recently at the instance of
Hugh Macdonald, son of 81 John A. Mac
donald, Premier of Canada, on the charge Of
criminally libeling his wife.
OF the persons charged with being i'm
plicated in the murder of Colonel Soudekin,
cnleI the RUSSIAN VINO WAS dSSaS-
sinated in 1888, seven have been sentenced
to death and fourteen to Siberia.
RUMoRs were recently current that King
Milan, OF Servia, was about to abdicate.
STEPHEN PEERE, a shoemaker residing on
the Canadian side of the Niagara river,
crossed the river at the Suspension Bridge
recently, walking upon a ive-eighths inch
wire cable.
LORD HARRINGTON, the British Liberal
Jnio icf 80 fn INIT heaC rir ma
act to three years.
TIE crops of Asia Minor are in very bad
condition, and panic is threatened. The
Sultan will take steps to give relief
THE Russian and French ambassadors to
Turkey have addressed a threatening note
to the Sultan against the Egyptian conven-
ton.
AMONG the jubilee presents received by
Queen Victoria was one of e75. 900 for
monument, subscribed by 5000, 600 women.
Her Majesty accepted this and graciously
thanked the donors.
ADvICEs from Vancouver, B. c., are that
the British corvette Conquest will start
fer Honolulu, having received secret orders
from the Foreign Office in London.
THE British brigantine Aldwyth is re-
ported missing. She had previously been
in collision with a steamer off Maryland.
BY means of counterfeit ticket the
Royal Havana Lottery was recently beaten
out of $50, 900.
THE elections in Bavaria have not mate
rally changed the status of parties.
THE British Cabinet proposes to prorogue
Parliament about August 15
KING OTTo of Bavaria has been officially
declared insane.
FURTHER reports of political conspiracies
were prevalent in Bulgaria on the 23d.
A FIREMAN and a girl were killed and
much havoc created by an explosion at an
extensive chemical works in Manchester,
Eng, recently.
FRANK HUGH O'DoNNELL, formerly mem
Der of Parliament for Dungarvon and eX-
vice-president of the Home Rule Confedera-
ton, has brought suit against the London
Times for libel.
By the wrecking of q train on the Hawkes.
bury railway in New South Wales, on the
23d, seven persons were killed and forty
others injured. The account was caused by
the failure of the brakes to work while the
train was going down an incline.
THE Afghan situation has improved, ac-
cording to Simla reports, the road between
Cabul and Candahar has been reopened,
the rebels are dispirited, and there is every
prospect that the rebellion will soon col
lapse.
THE Paris Journal des De6ats denies that
France and Russia have threatened Turkey
with war if the Sultan signs the Egyptian
convention.
IN consequence of the action of the mayor
of Cork in hosting a black flag on the occa-
sion of the jubilee, and because of his hav
ing shown favor to Nationalists, Plunkett,
the divisional magistrate, has superseded
him and ordered that only the resident
paid magistrate try prisoners.
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